Courtney Collins
Courtney is a writer, producer and now podcaster. Her first novel, The Burial, was published in ten countries and shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the Nita B Kibble Literary Award, NSW Premier's Literary Award for New Writing and the Stella Prize. The film adaptation of The Burial will go into production in 2024. Courtney holds a Master of Creative Writing and is completing a PhD titled 'Working Against Whiteness in Creative Literary Production'. Until recently, she lived in the remote Northern Territory where she started Ngukurr Story Projects in collaboration with Ngukurr Language Centre and Ngukurr Art Centre. In 2019, she travelled to the Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh on an Asialink Fellowship to research her soon to be released second novel Bird. She is at work on her third novel, The Walkman Mix. She is a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow.